I think the expression on that girl's face may be more dangerous than the six-shooter in the cowboy's hand. This is another great cover from Norman Saunders. There are only three stories in this issue of BEST WESTERN NOVELS, two from top-notch authors Dean Owen and William Heuman and one from Lee Floren, a writer I've come to appreciate more in recent years even though I still wouldn't call him a favorite. I love novella-length Western yarns, so I'm sure I'd enjoy this issue.
She very much resembles Jane Russell from The Outlaw
ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to know your reservations about Lee Floren & your reassessment. For a time in pulps & paperbacks he seemed to be everywhere & yet I've never once read a knowledgeable consideration of his work.
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ReplyDeleteShe does indeed look like Jane Russell.
Steve,
I have a Lee Floren book fairly high in the stack to read and will talk more about his work when I get to it. For the moment, though, I've found his pulp work and early paperbacks pretty readable, but the first things of his I read were some of his later novels when he seems to have lost a step. They're not terrible, just very flat.
That was my reaction.
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